#558 Summer Tourney Stats

Most Points Scored

• Total - 14.0 Ian Mangion (+13-4=2)
• With White - 5.0 Mangion (+5-1=0)
• With Black - 9.0 Mangion (+8-4=2), Mark Kernighan (+9-1=0)

Highest Scoring of Possible Points (minimum 5 games)

• Total - .923 Kernighan (+12-1=0)
• With White - 1.000 Kernighan (+3-0=0)
• With Black - .900 Kernighan (+9-1=0)

Highest Plus Score

• Total - +11 Kernighan (+12=1=0)
• With White - +4 Mangion
• With Black - +8 Kernighan

Longest Unbeaten Streaks

• Total - 11 Kernighan (+11-0=0 in weeks 1-11)
• With White - 5 Mangion (+5-0=0 in weeks 1-12)
• With Black - 9 John Moldovan (+5-0=4 in weeks 7-13)

Longest Winning Streaks

• Total - 11 Kernighan
• With White - 5 Mangion
• With Black - 8 Kernighan

Most Games Played

• Total - 20 Mangion
• With White - 10 Joe Renna
• With Black - 14 Mangion

Most Wins

• Total - 13 Mangion
• With White - 5 Mangion
• With Black - 9 Kernighan

Most Losses

• Total - 10 Bert Shiffman
• With White - 6 Renna
• With Black - 5 Shiffman

Most Draws

Total - 6 Moldovan
With White - 3 Max Sherer
With Black - 5 Moldovan

Biggest Upset

• With White : Renna (-541) 1-0 Moldovan in round 6
• Draw With Black : Sherer (-188) vs. Mangion in round 10
• Win With Black : Tomkovich (-114) vs. Moldovan in round 5

honorable mentions :

• Bill Sokolosky (-537) vs Geoff McAuliffe in round 3
• David Pawlowski (-445) vs. Kernighan in round 12
• Shiffman (-388) vs. McAuliffe in round 4
• Renna (-329) vs. Lou Sturniolo in round 12
• Gordon Agress (-323) vs. Sturniolo in round 9

Game Length

• Fastest Win By White : Jim Cole... 21 moves vs. Shiffman, in round 2
• Fastest Win by Black : Moldovan... 10 moves vs. Kruglyak, in round 11
• Shortest Draw : Moldovan-Mangion... an 18 move fizzler in round 2
• Longest Game : Pawlowski 1-0 Kernighan... 118 moves in round 12

Results Breakdown

• Total Number Of Games - 99
• Decisive Games - 89 (89.9%!)
• White wins - 45 (45.5%)
• Black wins - 44 (44.4%)
• Draws - 10 (10.1%)
• Pct. of Points Scored By White - .505
• Pct. of Points Scored By Black - .495
• W-L-D Record of the Higher-rated Player : 65-24-10
• Pct. of Points Scored By the Higher-rated Player - .707

Miscellaneous (minimum 5 games)

• Highest pct. of games won - .923 Kernighan
• Highest pct. of games won or drawn - .923 Kernighan
• Highest pct. of draws - .316 Moldovan

• Scores Collected - 64 (64.6%)
• Most Popular Openings : Nimzo-Indian Defense (10 of the 64 games collected; 12 if we include hybrid Q's Indians) & Queen's Gambit (10 games)
• Most Popular e4 Defense : French Defense (7 games, including 2 by transposition)
• Latest novelty : White's 14.Bd3 in round 10's McAuliffe-Moldovan

The 99 games played in this year's KST smashed the previous, unofficial record of 86; which was set in 2006's 14-week event.